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Lately I have been wishing I had more time to work with ants (or play). Until then, here’s a few photos from two weeks ago. See the shiny insect hanging out in the entrance of the harvester ant mound?
This is a bigger silverfish (order Thysanura) than the ones I found previously with fire ants.
People usually notice antlions when they see their pits in the soil. The cone-shaped holes are fascinating. Kids big and small like to put objects into the pit to elicit a response from the larva buried at the bottom. You have to wonder how the larvae flip the soil with such accuracy when they are buried [...] Tarantula hawks are large, colorful wasps in the genus Pepsis. They are found throughout the southwestern United States. The wasps have a close relationship with the desert or rush milkweed plant (Asclepias subulata). Their long legs slide into the grooves of the milkweed flowers, picking up the bright yellow pollinia. As they move from flower [...] Many species of ants are scavengers. They pick up what others leave behind. Take this chip, for example. Someone had spilled some chips on the ground. Those ants are doing a terrific job of cleaning up the mess. This is a kibble of dog food someone had tossed out at a highway rest stop. Ants also clean up dead [...] |
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